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About Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
• Balamuralikrishna was born on 6 July 1930 in Sankaraguptam, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.
• He had started his musical journey as a child prodigy at a tender age of 8. Since then, he has performed in over 25 thousand concerts.
• He had innovated the whole Carnatic music system by keeping its rich tradition untouched. The ragas like Ganapathi, Sarvashri, Mahati, Lavangi etc. were credited to him.
• He also had composed over 400 compositions in various languages including in his native tongue, Telugu and in Kannada, Tamil, Sanskrit, Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, and Punjabi.
• His compositions range from Devotional to Varnams, Krithis, Javalis and Thillans, in all the fundamental 72 melakartha ragas to film music.
• He made his acting debut with Bhakta Prahlada( 1967) as Narada and also has acted in various films including Kananda
Awards and Honours: Padma Vibhusan( 1991), Mahatma Gandhi Silver Medal from UNESCO( 1995), France’ s Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He is also a recipient of Filmfare awards and National Film Awards for best music direction and playback singing.
• Captain Radhika Menon was awarded with the International M a r i t i m e Organisation( IMO) award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea. With this, she became the first woman in the world to receive the Award. She was presented with this award for saving lives of seven fishermen from sinking fishing boat in Bay of Bengal.
• Pankaj Patel was elected as the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry( FICCI) for the
year 2017. At present Pankaj Patel is Chief Managing Director of Zydus Cadila. He is actively involved in various educational institutions and is on advisory committees and academic councils of several educational institutions such as IISER( Kolkata), IIM Ahmedabad etc.
• Legendary vocalist, playback singer and composer Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna passed away due to age-related geriatric problems in Chennai. He was 86. He was considered as doyen of classical music. During his long musical career he had excelled as a prominent Carnatic vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer and actor.
GENERAL
• Government Bans Tender of Rs 500 & Rs 1000 Currency 08 November 2016 Midnight. Those with possession of these currency notes will be able to deposit the notes in their accounts in banks and post offices from 10 November to 30 December 2016.
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